Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The service plan for this year is very light where last year's plan was far more detailed. The reason more people have medical cards is because more people qualify on the basis of financial need. It is not because the Minister or the HSE are more generous in granting medical cards. These people are getting them by right based on a means test. What is happening in the meantime is that people who need medical cards for life-saving treatments are being denied them.

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